Quote Originally Posted by PharmaCan
The colored wires are for the convenience of human beings - the electricity couldn't care less what color the insulator is. Regardless, if you don't know how to hook up a plug, you shouldn't be doing it. Take the wire and plug and lamp to someone who knows what they are doing and get it hooked up properly.

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The colours are the way to identify each wire as either live nuetral or earth and are an accepted norm throughout Europe, that is why they are colour coded to enable any electrician to easily wire any appliance.